Nevada County picayune., 1887-03-23
ARKANSAS STATESMEN.
Senators Berry and Jones and Hon. T. C. McRae Address the
 House of Representatives.

Hon. T. C. McRae Address the
 House of Representatives.
 In response to house resolu. ton, Senators Berry and Jones and Hon T. c. McRae addressed the general assembly in the hall of rep
 resentatives last evening. The dis tingnished statesmen gave an ac. count of their stewardship in most eloquent terms, and, while they were free to admit that the past congress had not fully redeemed all the pledges made to the peo- pie, they would ask the forbear- ance of the public; because all had been done that it was possible to do and give any degree of satis- faction to the people at large in the various sections of the country.
 Senator Johes, in commencing his address, spoke in glowing terms of the wonderful progress made in the South within the past few years. Alabama. Kentucky, Tennessee and other States have made great advances. the increase in one department of manufacture pig iron being doubled. Some things in Onr progress read more like romance than actual facts. He referred with pride to the state ment in Mir Switzer's report to the effect that ten of the Southern States have furnished evidences of prosperity unparalleled in all the splendid history of this great conn-
 try. eve, too, in Arkansas" he said, ''are just entering upon an era of unequaled prosperity and tlhe signs Of the times are bright with promises" He then referred to the wonderful increase in capital in- vested in manufactures in Arkan. sas within the last two years. Ar kansas, with her bonn,lless re, sources of valuable minerals, will not long remain behind Alabama and other Southern States.
 Referring to the work accom- plished by congress, he regretted the failure of the tariff bill so mucl, demanded by the people. Money is continually flowing into the na- tional treasury in excess of the de- mands of the government. But we cannot go on taking more mon. ey from the people than we need, and in the very nature of things it can be but a short time till relief will come. The season of congress just closed had been most i'm portant one. and many good meas ures had been adopted. Moro bills had been introduced, more reports made and greater number ofbills passed than ever before at one ses- sion.
 He greatly regretted the failure of the deficiency bill and the river and harbor bill. So far as the first was concerned, the president was not to blame for it's failure. AS d matter of fact it had failed to re- ceive the signature of the presi. ident of the senate and the speak CT of the house. The blame rests with the committee on appropria- tions. And in the case of the riv. CT and harbor bill, others besides the president were 10 blame. His remarks were well received by the audience. is
 Senator Berry. in beginning, rendered his thanks to the legisla' ture for the honor conferred in the invitation to address them, and while taken somewhat by surprise, he would say that the people Ot Arkansas could ask nothing at his hands which he would not attempt. Like his honored colleague. he greatly regretted the failure of the tariff bill, which was one great question before the people. In all the history of the legislature of the country no act had proven so destructive as the tariff act, and like that great statesWen, Calhoun, he believed it a wrong tO Imp0ver. ish the farmers and labOrers of the countryside great body of work CTS from whose toll the wealth of the country springs order to enrich a favored class. He ex' plained the cause of the failure of the tariff bill in the house of repre- sentatives-the opposition of a small minority of Democrats who hold to the doctrine of protection.
 Senator Berry said that while 1t was a matter of regret that no tar if legislation had been accomplish ed, much had been done by con sress that would prove beneficial The bill to settle the presidential vote and the inter state commerce bill are all matters of great impor- tance. He would have much pre- ferred the Reagan bill, but he was always ready for compromise on so important q subject and so he supported the compromise meas, nre. When direct issue arose between the great corporations ot the country on the one hand and the people on the other, he could not hesitate for single momen, as to the position he would take.
 He spoke of the bill regulating suits Tn the federal courts as d most important one. Under this bill case to go to the federal court must involve s2,000 instead of S500. This will localize business